pegar

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: pagar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguí, past participle pegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to hit (in order to harm)

   Per què li pegueu a aquest noi? ― Why are you hitting this boy?

2. (intransitive, dialectal) to hit

   Synonyms: topar, xocar

   Vaig pegar de cap a la paret ― I hit my head against the wall

3. (transitive, dialectal) to give (someone)

   Synonyms: donar un cop, donar una empenta, empènyer

   Li va pegar una empenta ― He shoved her

4. (transitive, dialectal) to make

   Synonyms: donar un bot/salt, fer un bot/salt, saltar

   Va pegar un bot ― He jumped

5. (transitive, dialectal) to throw ; to show (sudden emotion)

   Synonym: agafar

   Li va pegar una rabinadura al mig de la plaça ― He threw a tantrum in the middle of the square

6. (dialectal) to glue

   Synonyms: enganxar, encolar

• Words like "to jump", "to shove", "to knock" can be expressed in two ways. The first is with simple verbs (saltar, empènyer, pegar). The second is to use the construction with a verb roughly meaning "to make" plus indefinite article plus substantive (fer un salt / donar un salt / pegar un salt, donar una empenta / pegar una empenta, donar un cop / pegar un cop).

• “pegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• apegar

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegar (att. 14th c.), from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈɣaɾ/

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado)

1. (transitive) to glue

   Synonym: colar

2. (transitive) to adhere

   Synonym: adherir

3. (transitive) to fix in place; to hold, steady

   Synonym: fixar

4. (transitive) to hold, steady

   Synonym: termar

5. (transitive) to join, splice

   Synonyms: unir, xuntar

6. (transitive) to hit, blow

   Synonyms: golpear, zoupar

7. (pronominal) to come closer; to stick

   Synonym: achegar

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Synonym: contaxiar

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

pegar (plural pegar-pegar)

1. pheasant

   Synonym: kuau

pegar (plural pegar-pegar, informal 1st possessive pegarku, 2nd possessive pegarmu, 3rd possessive pegarnya)

1. pheasant

   Synonyms: kuau, kuang

From Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

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pegar

1. to glue (attach using glue)

   Synonym: empegar

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegui	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvem	pegàvetz	pegavan
	preterite	peguèri	peguères	peguèt	peguèrem	peguèretz	peguèron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegarà	pegarem	pegaretz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegariái	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèssi	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegon
	imperfect	pegave	pegaves	pegava	pegaviam	pegaviatz	pegavon
	preterite	peguere	pegueres	peguet	peguem	peguetz	pegueron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegará	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarán
	conditional	pegariá	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	pegassiam	pegassiatz	pegon
	imperfect	peguesse	peguesses	peguesse	peguessiam	peguessiatz	peguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		pegassiam	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegui	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvam	pegàvatz	pegavan
	preterite	peguèi	peguès	peguè	peguèm	peguètz	peguèn
	future	pegarèi	pegaràs	pegarà	pegaram	pegaratz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegarí	pegarés	pegaré	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarén
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegui	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèssi	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegava	pegavas	pegava	pegàvam	pegàvatz	pegavan
	preterite	peguei	pegueras	peguet	peguèram	peguèratz	pegueran
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegará	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarán
	conditional	pegariá	pegariàs	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèsse	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvem	pegàvetz	pegavan
	preterite	peguère	peguères	peguèt	pegueriam	pegueriatz	peguèron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegarà	pegarem	pegaretz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegariáu	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	pegan
	imperfect	peguèsse	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguessiam	peguessiatz	peguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɛˈɡa(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɡa(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: pe‧gar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado, short past participle pego)

1. (transitive) to catch
   1. to grab, hold

      Synonym: agarrar

   2. (Brazil) to discover someone doing something
2. (intransitive) to pick up
3. (Brazil, slang, transitive, reflexive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
4. (Brazil, colloquial, transitive, reflexive) to fight, to beat up, to engage in a physical conflict

   Eu vou te pegar na porrada!

   I'm going to beat you up!

5. (transitive, intransitive) to stick, to glue
   • Fernando Tordo (lyrics and music) (1973) “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “E só ficam os peões de brega / Cuja profissão não pega ― And only the peões de brega are left / whose profession doesn't stick”

   Synonym: colar

6. (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
7. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)

   Vamos pegar um ônibus. ― Let's take a bus.

   Synonyms: apanhar, tomar

9. (intransitive) to start an engine, vehicle

   O carro não pega! ― The car won't start!

10. (reflexive) to catch a disease

    Tu pegaste-me COVID! ― I caught COVID from you!

11. (reflexive, impersonal) to be contagious (of a disease)

    Isso pega-se? ― Is that contagious?

12. (intransitive, agriculture) to catch, take root

The short past participle form pego is mostly used in Brazilian Portuguese.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pegar.

• apegar

• Macanese: pegâ

• “pegar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “pegar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “pegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “pegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), derived from pix (“pitch”). Compare English pitch.

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧gar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite pegué, past participle pegado)

1. (intransitive) to stick

   No pega a la pared

   It doesn't stick to the wall.

2. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with

   La mesa no pega con la silla.

   The table doesn't go with the chair.

3. (intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)

   Hoy pega mucho el sol.

   The sun is hot/strong/blazing down today.

4. (computing, transitive) to paste

   copia y pega ― copy and paste

5. (transitive) to glue

   Pégalo con el pegamento

   Glue it with the glue

6. (transitive) to hit; strike

   pega el balón ― hit the ball

7. (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)

   ¡Te voy a pegar un manotazo!

   I'm gonna give you a slap!

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Creo que me pegó la sífilis.

   I think he gave me syphilis.

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

   Voy a pegarme una ducha.

   I'm going to take a shower.

   Aquí falta pegar una buena limpieza.

   This place needs (to have) a good clean-up.

   Pegamos una buena comida.

   We had an awesome lunch

   Acaba de pegar otro grito.

   She's just let out another shout

   ¡No te pegues otra borrachera!

   Don't get smashed again!

   pegar un tiro; pegarse un tiro ― to shoot; to shoot oneself

10. (colloquial) to flirt, hit on

    Synonyms: coquetear, flirtear, pinchar

11. (reflexive) (intransitive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
12. (reflexive) (intransitive) to take root

• “pegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10